University of Oregon — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Eugene, OR

Population 350,000

Website http://www.uoregon.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)

Sunshine Hours 2,342 (18%)

Days Without Precipitation 211 (8% ☔)

Honors College

Name Robert D. Clark Honors College

Students 1,360 (7%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 20,020

Men / Women 44% / 56%

From State 48%

From Region 33%

Athletes 3.4%

Racial/Ethnic

White 60%

Hispanic 17%

Mixed 10%

Asian 7%

Black 3%

Native American 1%

International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Charles H. Lundquist College of Business	732	66% / 34%	3%	$77,804	82	95%
Accounting	134 —	72% / 28%	4%	$86,578	89	93%
General Business	598 +6	65% / 35%	3%	$75,839	80	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Arts and Sciences	2,319	41% / 59%	1%	$60,126	51	94%
Computer Science	94 +5	76% / 24%	6%	$109,942	98	92%
Data Science	54 +5	67% / 33%	0%	$88,270	90	—
Mathematics and Computer Science	7 —	71% / 29%	0%	$90,091	91	—
Chemistry	23 —	39% / 61%	0%	$61,549	55	100%
Geosciences	22 +3	27% / 73%	0%	$49,093	20	100%
Mathematics	28 +6	39% / 61%	11%	$75,736	80	92%
Physics	24 —	75% / 25%	0%	$70,949	74	86%
Biochemistry	36 —	39% / 61%	0%	$61,349	55	—
Biological and Physical Sciences	65 +3	34% / 66%	0%	$69,960	72	85%
Biology	86 +1	29% / 71%	2%	$56,783	42	95%
Neuroscience	51 +9	33% / 67%	2%	$55,911	39	—
Physiology	203 +10	30% / 70%	0%	$65,587	64	94%
Environmental Studies	119 +3	35% / 65%	1%	$45,638	12	94%
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	35 —	40% / 60%	0%	$47,279	16	—
Economics	109 +11	76% / 24%	5%	$73,888	78	92%
Anthropology	59 +19	29% / 71%	0%	$44,189	10	87%
Classical Languages	5 —	40% / 60%	0%	$48,046	17	—
Comparative Literature	10 +6	10% / 90%	0%	$43,631	10	79%
English	66 +4	17% / 83%	2%	$44,274	11	88%
Environmental Science and Policy	59 +1	27% / 73%	0%	$45,638	12	94%
Ethnic Studies	9 +4	22% / 78%	0%	$37,649	4	95%
Folklore Studies	5 —	0% / 100%	0%	$37,649	4	95%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	10 +8	40% / 60%	0%	$58,181	46	84%
Geography and Environmental Studies	20 +3	60% / 40%	5%	$49,889	22	100%
History	58 +10	60% / 40%	0%	$47,335	16	91%
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	6 —	17% / 83%	0%	$51,044	25	—
Jewish/Judaic Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
Linguistics	20 +3	15% / 85%	5%	$43,631	10	79%
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$49,600	21	—
Native American Studies	3 +1	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
Philosophy	28 +4	68% / 32%	0%	$33,280	3	84%
Political Science	164 +12	44% / 56%	1%	$66,708	66	94%
Religion/Religious Studies	2 +2	50% / 50%	0%	$41,858	8	—
Research & Experimental Psychology	411 +17	26% / 74%	0%	$58,630	47	100%
Social Sciences	262 +10	62% / 38%	2%	$61,233	54	94%
Sociology	81 +33	30% / 70%	0%	$51,465	26	91%
Women's Studies	11 +5	0% / 100%	0%	$37,649	4	95%
Film Studies	60 +12	52% / 48%	3%	$34,416	3	96%
Theater	12 +1	33% / 67%	0%	$39,630	6	100%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Design	367	40% / 60%	2%	$48,077	17	89%
Public Administration	72 +9	43% / 57%	0%	$58,581	47	93%
Architectural and Building Science Technology	65 —	38% / 62%	5%	$68,142	69	88%
Art History	11 +1	18% / 82%	0%	$29,462	2	85%
Design and Applied Arts	33 —	58% / 42%	0%	$62,299	57	96%
Environmental Design	12 —	58% / 42%	0%	$61,147	54	—
Fine Arts	65 +1	37% / 63%	3%	$29,462	2	85%
Fine/Studio Arts	20 —	30% / 70%	0%	$29,462	2	85%
Interior Architecture	13 —	15% / 85%	15%	$67,965	69	89%
Intermedia/Multimedia	62 +1	39% / 61%	2%	$29,462	2	85%
Landscape Architecture	14 —	43% / 57%	7%	$47,812	17	100%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Education	224	8% / 92%	2%	$51,598	26	98%
Communication Sciences and Disorders	39 +1	3% / 97%	0%	$55,041	37	96%
Human Services	81 +9	7% / 93%	1%	$49,363	20	95%
Education	104 +1	10% / 90%	3%	$52,048	28	100%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Global Studies and Languages	106	32% / 68%	0%	$46,192	13	87%
Asian Studies	2 +2	50% / 50%	0%	$44,810	11	89%
Chinese	4 +6	25% / 75%	0%	$44,114	10	64%
French	2 +3	0% / 100%	0%	$50,197	22	—
German	2 +2	50% / 50%	0%	$47,679	16	—
Intercultural and International Studies	49 +2	29% / 71%	0%	$44,393	11	90%
Italian	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
Japanese	14 +4	36% / 64%	0%	$44,114	10	64%
Latin American Studies	1 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$44,810	11	89%
Romance Languages	3 +4	33% / 67%	0%	$50,197	22	95%
Russian and Slavic Studies	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$44,810	11	—
Spanish	27 +42	37% / 63%	0%	$50,197	22	95%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Journalism and Communication	565	37% / 63%	1%	$64,211	61	95%
Advertising and Public Relations	274 +12	39% / 61%	1%	$67,812	69	94%
Journalism	124 +2	51% / 49%	0%	$51,665	27	96%
Mass Communication	17 +2	71% / 29%	0%	$65,914	65	100%
Public Relations	150 +14	17% / 83%	1%	$67,812	69	94%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Music and Dance	82	54% / 46%	0%	$41,843	8	93%
Dance	12 +3	0% / 100%	0%	$37,406	4	—
Jazz/Jazz Studies	7 —	100% / 0%	0%	$39,624	6	93%
Music	33 +1	55% / 45%	0%	$39,624	6	93%
Music	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—	—	—
Music Education	16 —	50% / 50%	0%	$52,522	29	—
Music Performance	11 —	73% / 27%	0%	$39,624	6	93%
Music Theory and Composition	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	$39,624	6	93%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $16,540

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $46,000

Est. In-State Cost $21,396

Est. Out-of-State Cost $59,506

ROI Percentile 55th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%

4-Year Graduation Rate 58%

6-Year Graduation Rate 72%

Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Hispanic White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences	41.9%	1,841	36% / 64%	1%	$55,786	39	94%
Business & Economics	25.4%	1,115	60% / 40%	3%	$74,966	79	95%
Arts	10.2%	449	43% / 57%	2%	$43,207	9	90%
Life & Natural Sciences	10.0%	441	31% / 69%	1%	$63,050	59	92%
Computer Science	3.5%	155	72% / 28%	4%	$101,495	96	92%
Agriculture & Food Science	3.5%	154	36% / 64%	1%	$46,011	13	94%
Education	2.4%	104	10% / 90%	3%	$52,048	28	100%
Physical Sciences & Math	2.2%	97	45% / 55%	3%	$65,145	63	94%
Health Sciences	0.9%	39	3% / 97%	0%	$55,041	37	96%

Research R1

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences	$61.2M	#79	51%	$0.1M	31	#77	114	53
Humanities & Social Sciences	$35.5M	#60	69%	$0.2M	93	#48	328	16
Physical Sciences & Math	$28.6M	#105	79%	$0.2M	41	#74	315	51
Education	$18.1M	#30	71%	$0.2M	23	#185	—	—
Computer Science	$6.4M	#113	74%	$0.0M	11	#90	53	2
Engineering	$6.1M	#208	88%	$0	—	—	—	—
Business & Economics	$4.6M	#104	4%	$0	13	#102	55	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$1.0M	#160	49%	$0	5	#72	24	1
Health Sciences	$0.8M	#260	4%	$0	2	#219	7	9
Total	$162M	#132	63%	$0.7M	219	#107	896	132

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 87%

Yield (Unbound) 14%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	87%	87%	87%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 15%

SAT Range 1050 – 1320

SAT Math Range 500 – 650

SAT RW Range 540 – 680

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.